State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maryland vs Texas
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Texas, $55,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.9% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
Maryland vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+26.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,390
- p25
- $56,920
- p75
- $93,940
- p10
- $41,240
- p90
- $105,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
Texas
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $55,680
- p25
- $46,330
- p75
- $63,870
- p10
- $37,230
- p90
- $73,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.